Illegal Aliens Caught Trafficking Heroin In North Carolina

UNION COUNTY, NC (WSCO) – Union County deputies seized more than four ounces of heroin Wednesday afternoon near Indian Trail after two interdiction stops.

Cesar Ibanez Castaneda, 40, of Charlotte, is charged with two counts of trafficking in opium or heroin and maintaining a drug vehicle after more than 2 ½ ounces of heroin.

Israel Baez Figueroa, 25, of Monroe, and Pedro Gonzalez Viera, 19, of San Diego, Calif., are charged with two counts of trafficking in opium or heroin and maintaining a drug vehicle after more than 1 ½ ounces of heroin.